Pharmacist tips for fighting challenges during spring blooms / day

In the pharmacy, some of the customers are looking for quick help and want to buy funds to alleviate allergic symptoms. « Moon Pharmacy » pharmacist Ieva Virza explains: “Medications are available without a prescription for such purposes, but one should consider whether to seek medical attention, which is often recommended. The most popular symptoms that people complain about is tearing and undergoing eyes, running nose, constant sneezing, Treatment requires a diagnosis, and start taking the medication prescribed by your doctor accordingly, possibly following the indications to reduce contact with allergies. ”

In the spring, the first blooms of hazelnuts, alder, birches. The unpleasant symptoms caused by pollen are often confused with colds, although it is probably pollen allergy or polyynosis. It is possible to perform skin stroke tests or laboratory tests to determine and prove allergies. For example, the Central Laboratory has developed analysis panels that include various allergens.

Use of medication to reduce allergy already in early spring

« By blowing the nasal spray when it is completely stuffy or drip discharge, allergic rhinitis, or inflammation of the nasal mucosa, makes the result ineffective. As if we blush the medicine, but after a few minutes the nose has to be blown out. Does the aerosol had time to work? the product). She recalls that the use of an aerosol should start a week before the allergy season, as some nasal sprays have the maximum efficient operating time of one, two weeks. In this way, the body is already prepared to repel allergens. Therefore, instead of waiting for the air to be full of pollen, and usually in April and May, the use of a smooth, maintaining medication or medication from mid -March is reasonable. Rinses, including hypertonic seawater, are also useful. Different ways are available at the pharmacy and are highly desirable after each walk, not just during rhinitis.

Some of the remedies to reduce allergic symptoms in the spring

When thinking about medication, there is always a reminder – consult your doctor or pharmacist, especially to take into account the possible interaction of the drug. It is also important to consult if you consider increasing the dose of the drug, recalls Eric Petersone, a pharmacist at the Moon Pharmacy.

« For example, tearing of the eyes is a frequent manifestation of seasonal allergy. To relieve symptoms, use azelastine hydrochloride anti-allergic drops. The use of moisturizing eye drops can improve well-being and reduce allergens. If you are a contact lens user, you will need to look for eye drops that can be used with contact lenses, ”says Eric Petersone, a pharmacist at Moon Pharmacy.

« It is desirable to use the second or latest generation of antihistamines with active ingredients, such as cetirizine, loratadine, and available without a prescription. Unless recommended by your doctor, it is not necessary to use first -generation antihistamines. Pharmacist Ieva Virza.

• Antihistamines reduce sneezing, nasal flow and itching due to the effect of histamine in the body.
• Decongestants narrow the blood vessels in the nostrils, reducing nasal congestion and edema.
• Combinations of antihistamines/decongestants combine the effects of both drugs.
• Nasal sprays work locally and faster than oral decongestants.
• Steroid nasal sprays affect inflammatory processes by reducing them.
• Eye drops relieve itching, a feeling of destruction, tearing of the eyes.

To reduce the presence of allergens indoors

« Moon Pharmacy » pharmacist Eric Petersone reminds me of steps to reduce the indoor irritation of allergens: “Decontamination of leather and clothing (release of objects or space from harmful biological, chemical or radioactive agents) is also essential. The time you are out, the pollen is sitting on your body, your eyes, your mouth and nose will be exposed to the pollen.